Guidelines for the General Psychiatry Application Process and for Inter-Residency Transitions

Abstract

Selecting a psychiatry program is a seminal event. There is often not enough guidance about this process. The American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) recognized that this was a high-stakes process and that there was the opportunity to provide input about the process and promoting fairness and consistency, which could help provide the best opportunity for applicants to select where they will train and for programs to accept trainees who are well qualified for what a program offers and will best fit into the learning environment. A workgroup created guidelines included herein for the application process to begin general psychiatry training and to transition from one program to another, including transfer from one General Psychiatry program into another and entry into Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residencies as well as subspecialty fellowships in psychiatry.